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Webster 1913 Edition
Mandatory
Man′da-to-ry
,Adj.
[L.
mandatorius
.] 1.
Containing a command; preceptive; directory.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mandatory
MAN'DATORY
,Noun.
1.
A person to whom the pope has by his prerogative given a mandate or order for his benefice.2.
One to whom a command or charge is given.3.
In law, one who undertakes, without a recompense, to do some act for another in respect to the thing bailed to him.